Polyglot Dictionary

patíbulo

/paˈtiβulo/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los patíbulos

Meaning

  1. gallows

    • Lo llevaron al patíbulo.

      They took him to the gallows.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

horca

horca and patíbulo are close synonyms for "gallows"; patíbulo is more formal or literary.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

forca

forca is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gallows."

Portuguese

patíbulo

patíbulo is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "gallows."

Practice

1 What does patíbulo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lo llevaron al ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches patíbulo?

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